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Are u hungry??! Grab some pistachios and enjoy its crunchy delicious taste. Some people may wonder how do these delicious crunchy nuts could also be good and healthy for them. So let’s bring it up people…

It’s called skinny nuts because it has the least amount of fat and calories, the serving of the pistachio will be half a cup with the shells on or quarter a cup with shells off and 1 serving of pistachio has more potassium than a large banana, has more antioxidant than green tea.

Vitamins , minerals and calories.

Pistachios have more than 30  different vitamins and minerals and vital nutrients. Also pistachios are rich in copper , manganese and phosphorus which helps build up your bones healthy and strong. They also contain a noticeable amount of magnesium and potassium which helps regulate heart rate and blood pressure.

Pistachios are also rich in B6 vitamin and other B vitamins so they help you build muscles, boost your energy and fight infection.

In USDA study pistachios were placed in the group of the highest antioxidant capacity when compared to 100 other foods. Antioxidants help to prevent cell damage. And what makes the pistachio green is a compound called lutein which is found to prevent the most common form of blindness in adults over 65. Pistachios are the only nuts to contain this powerful antioxidant.

1 ounce of pistachios serving about 28.3 grams with 49 kernels have 160 calories.

Pistachios and cholesterol.

There is a study published by the American journal of clinical nutrition has found that pistachios can be a heart healthy food because it can lower your LDL and raise your HDL cholesterol.

We all need fat in our diets , it adds flavor and helps us feel full for longer but you have to choose the good fat (unsaturated) not the bad fat ( saturated) , pistachio makes a great snack because they contain almost 90 % unsaturated fat. So you can improve your heart health and lower your LDL (bad cholesterol) and raise your HDL (good cholesterol) by replacing saturated fat with mono or polyunsaturated fat.

Pistachios actually can lower the absorption of dietary cholesterol from food thanks for something called phytosterol in pistachios.

Pistachios are wonderful!!

Pistachios are really wonderful as snacks and they are really high in fiber , 1 serving of pistachio can give you 3 grams of fiber so you can snack on these ,  you can put them in your salads or toss them in your greens , you can even put them on your ice cream it would be so delicious and the good thing about snacking on pistachios is that they make you feel full for longer time and increases the length of getting hungry again , well I think that is a bonus!!! And that happens due to its significant amount of protein, fiber and healthy fats.

I hope you enjoyed food for this week .. keep checking my blog and keep updated.

Have a great weekend everybody.